The Adverse Ministry In The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, a disease of closed-mindedness runs rampant among the ministers and authorities that take part in the town of Salem’s “witch trials”. Reverend Hale, a supposed “witch expert”, alongside his hypocritical partner, Deputy Governor Danforth have a particular case of rampant ignorance. In their joint obstinance, they bring to fruition the tragedy of the Salem witch trials, a set of hearings run solely by the spirit of vengeance, hate, and…
Three of my best friends are amazing people. One of them, Andrey, through all the schools he attended has been a straight “A” student, now he is a really successful, well paid corporate lawyer. The second one, Sasha, great law student, now starting her business in China; the third one, Gregory, very intelligent, extremely hardworking guy, who’s taking care of his two daughters, writes poetry and just recently won a governmental prize for promoting local writers. What do all these people have in…
In life, there is that tendency to ruin the good things one has going on in their lives when they become more successful than they already are. People become inundated with the joy and achievement that they begin to act irresponsibly. A great thing such as winning the lottery can bring cheerfulness and satisfaction into one’s life but, on the other hand, this great thing can also become a complete nightmare. In most cases, when one goes from being extremely poor to being exceptionally rich, it…
Throughout the play of Macbeth written by William Shakespeare, things always have a twist to them. Deception, which is defined as “the act of tricking someone by telling them something that is not true”, can be seen in the play through the main characters of deception, which are Macbeth, Lady Macbeth and the witches. Women characters are portrayed as manipulative and deceiving characters throughout the play. In the very first scene, it begins with the witches saying “Fair is foul, and foul is…
Within the play God and the Indian by Drew Hayden Taylor, the characters of Johnny and George are more about contrast than similarity. Throughout the play we see the main character George undergoes many changes as he tries to protect himself and his reputation from being blamed for the abuses that have happened in the “St. David’s”(28) Residential school. Through the whole story he argues with the second character Johnny who is an “Indian” woman comes to his office and cliams that he have…
The Crucible Essay The Crucible by Arthur Miller is an allegory for the red scare in the McCarthyism era because on The Crucible people get accused of witchcraft as the same as people whom were accused of communism. People in The Crucible did all they could to reject the false accusation of witchcraft what was dealt upon them, but everytime they denied the false fact, they would be tortured until they come clean, same went for communism when they denied of being a communist they would be…
to death. Joseph McCarthy said he had a piece of paper with peoples names on it that he was accusing of communism. There was a lot of chaos caused by that piece of paper which turned out to be false information on Joseph McCarthy’s part. Those people that were accused started accusing other people just to clear their name. Those false accusations on innocent people led them to being on trial and ultimately sentenced to death. There was a lot of chaos during the McCarthy Era. Joseph McCarthy…
if he admitted anything, Abigail had power over him. Yes, Abigail might get in trouble but so would he. And possibly his wife. Mary Warren, the current servant for John Proctor was trying to also tell people who Abigail really is. Because Abigail has a higher power over Mary Warren, Mary isn’t successful and ends up getting blamed for witchcraft. When Mary Warren swears she never saw familiar spirits, Abigail says there is no truth in it.…
Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible as an allegory of McCarthyism. The Crucible is centered around people lying. The town of Salem is Puritan, and it is believed by the Puritans that all lies are bad. However, The Crucible shows harmless lies being told for the protection of others or oneself, contrasted by lies that are taking others’ lives. A principal theme in The Crucible is that not all lies are malicious. John Proctor is generally honest and full of good intentions. Most of the lies he tells…
Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, portrays dire consequences when its characters pursue their own personal interests at the expense of the common good of society. This is evident throughout with characters such as Abigail Williams. The actions taken lead to the demise and suffering of many other characters. The actions of Abigail Williams are invoked due to the lust she feels to John Proctor. Her affair with him, and then his rejection of her, leads her to dancing in the woods with house…